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ASEAN Approaches to Maritime Boundary Disputes: Wider Implications for Asean
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 January 2017
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- The Challenges for ASEAN: The South China Sea, Investment Protection, and Myanmar
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3 Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, and Singapore. Laos is land-locked.
4 Bateman, Ho & Chan, supra note 1, at 11. There are numerous straits used for international navigation in the region including the Straits of Malacca and Singapore, the Lombok/Makassar Straits/Sunda Straits/Philippines Straits. There are also major ports such as Singapore, Port Klang, and Tanjung Pelapas in Malaysia, and Tanjong Priok in Indonesia.
5 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), Dec. 10, 1982, 1833 U.N.T.S. 397, 21 I.L.M. 1261 (entered into force Nov. 16, 1994). Cambodia signed UNCLOS on July 1, 1983, but has not ratified it. Brunei ratified UNCLOS on November 5, 1996; Indonesia on February 3, 1986; Laos on June 5, 1998; Malaysia on October 14, 1996; Myanmar on May 21, 1996; the Philippines on May 8, 1984; Singapore on November 17, 1994; Thailand on May 15, 2011; and Vietnam on July 25, 1994.
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